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jffiE RECORD. PUBLISHED EVLEY TJIUUSDAY. EOIIOR AND l'ROHUETOK. Union, Franklin County, Mo. SXTBECflPnOK: omoopt. pwr"'-"" l ive copies, in clubs, each ...1 M ... 15 IXVAttlABLV IK ADVANCE. lie only paper at tha County teat ('H'j Xi $ a a. if;M If VOLUME I. UNION, MO., TIHIKSDAY, MAY C, 1875. NUMBER '30. THE RECORD. BATES 07 ASTEBTISI3 G ; One square, one week.... " ' taen addition! week...... " " three mouth " " jxmonth " " one vear One-fourth enluiiin, three month " " six monilui ' " one year.... One column, ala month. " ' onycr.. . 1 m . m . '' . IS I'i , M ! . trt f.- . SS I' , f: m Professional or baslneaa eard f ten line or Iom will be I turned fur tea duLUr 7 ear. CURRENT TOPICS Jcdgk Shannon, of the United States District Court of Dakota, has recently rendered a,deeision, that under the Terri torial la ws an Indian cannot bo convicted of murdering one of his kind. The ques tion arose in a recent prosecution of two Santees for the murder of a Pones In dian. The murderers were acquitted un dor the decision, and were at liberty to depart, but fearing that prowling Foncas who were not satisileu witn the decision might kill them, they were remanded to Jail for protection. Much excitement pre vails among the aborigines .in Southern Dakota, and a battle between them in the streets of Yankton is considered immi nent. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to the Postmasters In the different large cities and United States Depositaries a circular containing the new regulations for the redemption of mutilated currency the publication of which may be of lin portance to business men. According to these instructions, legal-tender notes, the mutilation of each not equaling one-tenth, and fractional notes, the mutilation of each not equaling one-fifth, are redeemable at the full face value of whole notes by the Treasurer, the several Assistant Treasurers, and Depositaries of the United States, and national bank depositaries, The following are notes redeemable by the Treasurer only : Legal-tender notes, the mutilation of each equaling or exceeding by face measurement one-tenth but not reaching two-tenths of its original proportions, are redeemable at nine-tenths of the full face value of such whole notes. Notes, the rnu tilation of which equals or exceeds two-thirds, bnt docs not reach three- tenths, are redeemable at eight-tenths of their full face value. Notes, the mutila tion of which equals or exceeds three- tenths, but does not reach four-tenths, are redeemable at seven-tenths of their full face value. Notes, the mutilation of which equals or exceeds four-tenths, but does not reach one-half, are redeemable at six-tenths of their full face value. Fragments of notes lost constituting clear ly one-haif, are redeemable at one-half the full face value of such whole notes Fractional notes, tho mutilation of each equaling or exceeding by face measurement one-fifth, but not reaching two-fifths of its original proportions, are redeem' able at four-fifths of the full face value of such notes, and when the mutilation equals or exceeds two-fifths, but does not reach one-half, they are redeemable at three-fifths of their full face value. , .JVr,conDiso to the report of Capt. Hall, of tlie Coast Survey, submitted to the Commissioner of Education, affairs in Alaska are in a sad condition. There is 110 protection for life or property, no re dress for injury furulshed by the civil law, and the people of the province find the American eagle a poor exchange for the Kussian bear, and have ample reason to wish themselves back under the Czar's dominion. Capt. Eads has taken the first practical step in the enterprise of deepening the channel at the mouth of the Mississippi, by letting the contract for a large ampunt 01 work in the construction of tho pro posed jetties to Col. James Andrews, of Alleghany City, Pa., Col. Andrews is to put in 60,000 yards of the work before he receives any pay. The first payment Capt, Jtiids is to receive is to be when twenty leet of water shall have been secured avery time two additional feet, ud to thirty feet,5s secured he is to receive $500,- uwi more. Une condition of Col. An drews's contract is, that he is to do as much as is necessary to insure twenty-sixf feet of water, and construct the amount of work specified for f 2,500,000. The Gov eminent is to pay Capt. Eads $5,250 000 for the work on his securing thirty feet of water. A eompany, called the South Pass Jetty Company, has been formed to sup ply the necessary advances of money for carrying out the jetty project, and as soon as $300,000 stock Is.subscribed operations will begin. According to the New Orleans correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, the excursionists who have just returned to that city from Mexico do not give a very encouraging report of the state of affairs in our sister republic They state that the Mexican Government is not making the slightest effort to prevent raids across the Rio Grande. Although the attention of the Mexican authorities has been officially called to the matter, it is treated with the utmost indifference, and no notice will be taken of it until the United States Government sends troops across the Rio Grande to punish the Invaders. Then the Mexicans will commence hostilities. This is the settled opinion of Americans residing in the City of Mexico, and they state also that the country there even now is getting too warm for them ; that they will have to h ave upon the first indications ofhostilities. Lord North brook, Viceroy of India, has issued a proclamation deposing the Guicowar of ;Baroda, declaring him and his Issue precluded from all rights appertaining to the sovereignty of the country, and compelling the Guicowar to select a place for himself and family in British India The Viceroy says this measure is based. Independently of the recent trial of the Guicowar, upon his notorious misconduct, gross ml.government and incapacity. Furthermore, the restoration of the Guicowar would be detrimental to the interest of Baroda. The Viceroy will select a member of another branch of the Gulcowar's family to reign. A terrible disaster occurred at New Orleans on the 23J. About 4 p.m. on that day the steamer John Kyle took fire while lying at the wharf. The flames spread rapidly, and the burning boat was cut loose and drifted azalnst the sttaroer Charles BoJmann. , V MUV WV. AAA. V I I rom the Bod man n the damn mmmnni. I cated to theExportor, and the three boats, j amaze irom stem to stern, were blown by the high wind into the inlddlo of the stream, where they burned to the water's edge. It is believed that every person on the Kyle got eafcly off before she was cut adrift. The other two steamers had a large number of pas sengers and spectators on board when they were sent adrift, and a terrible scene ensued. As the flames gradually en veloped the vessels the frenzied passengers plunged overboard, preferring to meet death by drowning rather than by Are, A large number of boats went to the rescue and succeeded in saving many. Among those known to be lost are the following : Mrs Musgrove, daughter of Capt. Reese, of tho Exporter; Mr. Granalin, of Nashville, Ind.; a young daughter of Dr. Brashear, of Florence, Ky.; Joseph Case am' John Ferrard, engineers of the Bodmann both of Newport. Ky.: also, a largS nura cr of other employees of the three boats and prooaoiy several deck passengers whose names are not known. Both houses of the Louisiana Legisla ture adjourned tine die on the 24th. In tho Senate the resolution suspending Clinton, State Auditor, from office, was finally postponed 18 to 16. But few, if any, of the reform measures were finally passed. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, of the 21th, has a comprehensive report of the condl tion of the grain and fruit crops from va rious localities, from which we make the following brief summary: Missouri Wheat and oats are badly eaten by grass hoppers, and fears are entertained that In the large breadth planted the grain will be destroyed by them. Fruit is uuln jurcd. Illinois The prospects for winter wheat are very discour.iging; wlmclarge areas are usually sown ihere will not be over half a crop. Many wheat fields are being plowed for corn. Spring wheat and oats are damaged ; also rye and barley. Fruits generally are de stroyed. Wisconsin Winter wheat Is slightly injured. Spring wheat is now being sown. Fruit is somewhat injured. Indiana The wheat has been badly In Jured by the cold weather. Rye and biirley will also be short crops. Oats will not yield more than half a crop. Fruit will be almost a total failure. Corn plant- ing is delayed on account of frost, T Itn . rvansas nneac ana oats sown are in fine condition. Fruit is looking well. Michigan Season backward. Wheat has been badly injured by the frost, and in many localities farmers are turning it out. Oats and corn, as well as most small fruits, are killed. Nebraska Prospects for all grains and fruits are flattering, Minnesota The scasos, mJfckward. The average breadth of spring wheat Is sown. Winter wheat is uninjured. Small fruits promise well. Iowa A little more than the average amount of spring wheat is sown, and will yield well. Little winter wheat is sown, and that is uninjured. Oats aud barley are badly Injured. Fruit will be an average crop. Rkcknt advices from Bolivia c-ive the particulars of a .formidable insurrection which occurred at La Paz on the 8th of March last, during the temporary absence of the President with a Dortion of the Government troops. The Council of Min isters and a email force of young men of iTOOd families Shut themselves in the Gov ernment Palace, where they were fiercely bes-ieged by the insurrectionary populace who tried to set fire to the Palace hv thttewing burning sheets, dipped in kero sene ou, upon the roofs. A company of troops fortunately arrived at La Paz iustas the oesiegeu were about to surrender. They at once made a charge asrainst the rebel crowd, and defeated it with a loss of nity-eignt killed and a great number of wounaeu. Thb Postmaster-General has issued an order canceling all awards of contracts neretotore made In favor of Jerome J. Hinds, Patrick Laughlin, Jno. W. Dela- uey, Win. Weiss and Wm. C. Iddings, these being the names contained in nro- posals fraudulently imposed on the de partment by tho complicity of clerks, ne haa also directed that contracts be immediately awarded to the respective bidders whose proposals are next lowest in amount tothe proposals thus rejected. At a reception sriven in Birmingham. England, a few days since, to Chevalier, the distinguished French economist, John Bright made some remarks on free trade. in the course of which he said it was ludicrous for the United States to Invite for eign manufacturers to compete at an exhi bition, when a protective tariff prevented them from competing in American mar kets; and at a meeting of the Town Council of Kidderminster, the secretanv of the Carpet Manufacturers' Association stated that the carpet manufacturers gen erally throughout the kingdom had decided not to send their products to the Philadelphia exhibition because of the ex istence or a prohibitory tariff, and that a memorial to this effect would he forward ed to the British Minister at Washington. It is stated that at a nwnt .saio r the Cabinet the disturbed condition of nf. fairs upon the Mexican border was the sunject 01 a long consultation. The official reports as to the raldin? Dailies w r formally presented and considered. They consisted or the report received by the Postmaster-General from the Postmasters who have been molested, and of the re ports of army officers. These documents substantiated most of the dispatches from the Mexican border. The Post master-General showed that several of his officers . have been killed The Secretary of State manifested some restiveness at these raids. It is un derstood that the Mexican Government has disclaimed all rcsponhibility for these Incursions. It Is evident that it these raids are to continue the border mall service will, of necessity, be discontinued. No formal conclusion was .reached, but it was generally understood that a note of protest would soon be prepared to bo present ed to the Mexican Government as a pre liminary to the preparation of a formal note. Mr. Jewell is arranging for tlie President all the correspondence of the Post-oftlee Department on this subject. Tine total loss by the Oshkosh, Wis., fire is estimated by some as high as two million dollars, although other estimates make tlie figures considerably less. Over two hundred residences and one hundred stores, together with the two large hotels, the opera-house, banks, etc., were swept away like so much tinder. A dispatch of the 29th sys : "A deep pall hangs over the stricken city. Five times since its foundation has a conflagration visited it, but the present calamity the third wit hin a year is the most cubing one of a0J This fire has taken mos of tlu; fine re. deneci and homes. Tk citizens scenr tft- teily hopeless, and waltf the streets with fad faces. The rufiis are still smoldering, and when the former owners are asked what they will do, they reply that they cannot tell at present. The offices of the telegraph are burned, and this, added to the general confusion and the inability of even those who were losers to give the particulars, precludes the possibility of an extended report. About 300 families, some of them poor, are burned out, and relief is much needed. The Common Council has appropriated $2,000 for their immediate wants." POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREVITIES. It is said that Col. Tom. Scott's recent visit to Mexico was with a view to selecting a route for a railway to that country, should the next Congress be willing to grant any substantial aid to tlie project. M. Wallon, the French Minister of Fublio Instruction, has designated Judge Cam-bert as a special eommissionor to examine and report on the American system of educaUon. M. Cambert will visit Washington and Now York, and also attend the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. nANS Christian Anderskst received from the King of Denmark, on April 1, the Cross of Commander of the Danncbrog, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. A splendid edition of one of his works, in fifteen languages, was published in celebration of the event. Col. E. M. Yiroer, of Mississippi, but for several years a resident of Baltimore, died on the 23J. At one time he was prominent before the public in connection with the killing of Crane, at Jackson, Mississippi, for which lie was tried by a military commission. Sknator Booth, of California, is visiting hi. parents in Terre Haute, Ind. , and is expected to remain for some weeks. Jctlitjs Duncan, formerly of the St. Louis Stoats Zeitung, has been latterly a reporter for the Brooklyn t'reie J'rttte, and employed on the Beecher trial. A few days ago he failed to put in bis appcaranoe, and the Coroner received a note signed by him, saying that he had become disgusted with lil'o and waa going to commit suicide. , Parker, the defaulting State Treasurer of South Carolina, has been committed to Jail In default of $230,000 bail. Gkn. B. R. Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, authorizes the statement that Uie recent publications to the effect that the resignation of the Secretary of the Interior had been asked by the President on account of corrupt practices in tlie department, or for any other reasons, and that tlie Assistant Secretary was cognizant of the facts, are entirely without foundation ; and President Grant says he has ever had the utmost confidence in Secretary Delano, and that his confidence in his integrity and consistent official deportment remains unimpaired. The President has;a8slsrued Dr. Linder-man , Director of tlie Mint, to make examinations ordered by Congress as to what point in the Western States and Mississippi Valley possesses the best advantages for a mint. -. Investigation will be made during Uie coming summer. - Capt. Alonzo P. St. John, formerly Superintendent of the Hodson ' Biver People's Line of Steamers, committed suicide, on Uie 23d. in the barber-shop of the steamer St. John. - Thomas C. Woodward, of lowaT has been appointed,!, Examlner-in-Chicf in Uie Patent Office. Rbv. William' Sblwtnn, D. D., chap lain to the Queen, aged sixty-nine, and Henry W. Pickersgill, tlie eminent English portrait painter, in his ninety-fourth year, are both dead. Thr Treasury Department on the 24th dispatched a number of clerks to London, with $11,000,000 of Are per cents, being the last sub scription of tlie syndicate. ; The ex-Federal and ex-Confederate soldiers of Little Bock, Ark. , have issued a joint call for the decoration of the graves of all Uie soldiers who fell in the late war. Winwood Rkadb, the author of several well known books of travel, is dead. Thk corner-stone of a monument to be erected in memory of Confederate soldier was laid with imposing ceremonies at Augusta. ja. , on the 26th. Julius Duncan, the Brooklyn news paper reporter, who announced his determination, in a letter to the Coroner, to gire that gen. tleman a job by makiBg a cold corpus of himself. repented of his resolution , it seems, and bas concluded to tarry yet a little longer in this world of sorrows, tears, and Brooklyn scandals. It Is suspected that the fellow only wanted to get a little notoriety, in which he succeeded, as the facts of the supposed suicMo were widely circulated through the press. Dan O'Learv, a Chicago pedestrian. walked 118 miles in 23 hours and eight minutes, in Philadelphia a few days ago. Jamks Gordon Bknnktt, of the New York Herald, is understood to ba fitting out an arctic expedition in England, lie haa bought tlie ship Pandora, which will be commanded by Mr. Allen Young, a lieutenant in the fioyal Kaval Reserve. Mrs. Sakah J. Conwat, a favorite act- i ress, and manager of the Brooklyn Theater, died j In that city on the 28th. Mr. Longfellow will sltrnalize a semi centennial by delivering at the next CommeasJ-ment of Bowdoin College a poem. It will be on toe occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation from that institution. Mrs. Oswald Ottendorfkr, wife of the proprietor of the 6taatiztUng newspaper, of New York, ha given $ sOO.OOO for the Wtehliah-ment of a home for aged and infirm persons of tlie Evangelical Lutheran denomination. A Cbntkkmal not worth recording is the fact that the Worcester (Mass.) Spy ha pub- "unen n account of the collision between tlx British and the Colonist in April, 1,7 1, taken from It own files of that time. By the laws of Wisconsin every woman of tlie age of twenty -one year and upward may be elected to the ofllo of Director, Treasurer, and Clerk of school districts; Director and Secretory of Town Boards, under the township system of school government; member of Board of EducaUon is cities, and County Snnerintandemt of Schools, . Rkv. turn. A. Jaoc.er, I). D., was MBecrad Episcopal Bishop of tlie diorse of souuifrn Ohio, at Uie Chore of tlie Holv Trini ty, la Philadelphia, on the WSj. The wreiu-j- nie were very lmpoir., eight Bi&hop and a arge number of oU;.;r rlfrgymen participating. According to tlie eorref pondent of the New York Herald, a arrangement ha been made between the lw '- - ot Uie Liberal party in Belgium and Prince t-- -.irk, by which the latter,, uy application of d iomalio pressure, undertakes to bring about iie downfall of tlie clerical ministry. The Lit.i'rali Uien returning to power are to make laf to suppress Uie public, tion of views unfavorabto to the German ecclesiastical policy, to Intnxi i e compulsory military service, and establish now fortilleations. In accordance with this alh V 1 arrangement, it is said , the Liberal Belgian aiers support the latest demands of tlie German Cabinet insisting on the overthrow of tlie clerical government. - It U said that an effort Is being made in Washington by Senator. Chandler to procure another Indictment again ft Bnell, tlie newspaper correspondent, in. v?ldch tho defect of the .ftrjt, aypomteeV'af by Judo Treat, shall not appear? amijvtaiHi ; supply the fatal emission of not charging tit t the libel was ottered In the"Ditru.'fof Ooiuino.j k -Lsfiil piW j..- i; IV beoH . commenced by the Prussian iriivernment for Ule removal of the Prinoe Bishop of Breslau for violation of ecclesiastical law. The Marquis of Tavistock, ' Liberal, has been elected to Parliament for Bedfordshire without opposition. . ' SirGiixkry Pigiott, puisne Baron of the English Court of Exchequer, died on tlie 28th ult. , -' t .;;: 'i . ; .; - Lord Uobart, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, is dead. , Information has been received by a private letter of the drowning, in Pugef t Sound, on March 28, ot tlie entire thealrioal troupe ot J. A. Sawtelle, well-known to many Western and Southern theater-goers. It seems Uiat on the day named the party embarked In a small tug-boat, the Euby, for Porttuadlson, from Seattle, notwithstanding the tact th mammoth tug Goliath had just been forced into the harbor by the severity ot the gale. A large number of people stood on Uie dock, watching the tug. ) went out into the roaring sea, which was toMitig like mad, and wa en. gulled in a few momenta. The company consisted of Mr. Shwtolle, his wife, and little ' Vlvia," Mr. Fannie Morgan Phelps, Mis Lizzie Morann, Mr. Jerry Crowell, and others. Governor Keluhm of Louisiana has instructed the Attorney-General to institute suit against Auditor Clinton and his sureties, stating that, though the 8 lute had failed to act on the charge preferred by the House ot Representatives, he deemed it right that an immediate and thorough investlfvusiou should bo had of any alleged malfeasance on the part of the Auditor. , A mkktinO of merchants and prominent citizens of Boston as held on the 2Sth, for the purpose of organising on a permanent basis an association to secure cheap transportation to and from Boston and the West. An adjourned meeting will be held Slays, to adopt a constitution aud perfect tlie organization. Thb Prince of Wales was installed Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ma-ions at Royal Albert Hull, London, on the29tli. A large concoiirsrt was present. The President has tendered the position of Attornoy-tiensi al to Judge Edwards Picrre-pont, of New V , k, and that gentleman has accepted. . : (' ' . " John C. Moncuhe has petitioned the Court for a mandamus to compel tlie Louisiana Returning Board to canvass Uie election return of Bienville, De Soto, Grant and Winn parishes, through neglect of which, lie claims, he has been deprived of the office of State Treasurer, to which he wa legally elected by a majority of aU the votes cast. KiiKNKZF.it Everett, of Neversink, Ul ster County, N. Y., flfty-scven years ago was left a widower at the age of fifteen years, having been married three months. That short expert ence in married life sufficed him until Uie fifty seventh anniversary of the death of hi wife, a few days since, when he was again married at the age ot "i to Miss Elizabeth Decker of Never ink, aged IS, jast the age Ebenezer was when hi first wife died. David Sinton, of Cincinnati, has decided to erect, ou the Fifth Street market spaco in that city, a granite tower 6' feet high, sur mounted by a colossal statue of Cincinnatu In tlie toga. The tower will be composed of three sections the first two square, Uie last and high est octagonal In shape. A platform forty feet square will be at the base, for public speaking. The whole 1 estimated to cost $30,000. Carl Schuhz and family sailed for u rope on the 29th in the steamship Pomeranla. The valuable library of the great natur alist, Audubon, wa completely destroyed by a fire which burned the residence of Mr. Lucy Bakewell, at Shelby ville, Ky., on the 2th. Mrs. Bakewellwa Audubon's sister-in-law, and his library had been left with her. The collection consisted of about 800 volumes, aud wa of very great value to scientist. Performances were given in the prin cipal theaters of New York on the afternoon of the 20th for the benefit of the family of the late Dan Bryant. The attendance wa very large, and the gross proceeds, which go entire to the family, will exceed $ 23,00 . Gen. Adam Badkau, United States Con sul at London, and Mis Marie Eliae Niles, daughter of the late Minister to Italy, were mar rled by Cardinal McCloskey at New York on the Wtll. . . TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. - The price of gold in New York, on April 28, wa USJf. ...... Lieutenant Henley, of the Sixteenth Cavalry, en the ltd bad a seven engagement with tli Indian at Sappy Creek, about fifty-five miles north of Monument, Kansas. The Indian were Cheyenne, sixty in number, and are sup posed to have been a portion of those who e caped from the agency. Lieut. Henley's com mand consjsted of a detachment of forty men Twenty-seven of the Indiana were killed, includ ing two chiefs and a medicine-man. The re mainder of the Indians escaped with a portion of their stock . Sergeant Papier and Private Tieros. of Lieut. Henley's command, were killed. Schofleld'a large live-story cotton mill, atManayunk, Pa., was burned on the night of the 23d. Lous heavy, and many band thrown out of employment. The police authorities of Poscn have no tified all the Ursullne Sifters in that district who are not native of Germany, that they must leave the country within two monUi. A dangerous counterfeit $3 note on the National Bank of Paxton, Illinois, ba been discovered in Washington. Dr. D. 0. Lovell, of Carrizo, Zapata County, Texas, an old and respeeteit cltizea, wa murdered on Ui 18th ; and on U 17th Julian Rita and son were murdered on mile from the Calavera, rm the road Hading to Ps Incho The family of deceased wa about a half-mile off at the a me, and saw the parUe riding away who committed the deed. It i said that a reign of terror exist ia Nueces Bt adjoining counUe, and the ranches are almost entirely deserted and abandoned to Uie Mexican marauder. . - James Lafferty, of Rockville, Allegany County, N, Y., killed his grandmother and robbed her house; subsequently be sliot Mis Vannoy, who had refused to marry him, and her mother, and Uien killed himself. A collision bttween two passenger train occurred on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, near Washington City, on the 2t,Ui, by which several person were serfou!y injured. The Posttnaf ter at Corpus Christ! telegraphed to the PotmKt r-i;i tjeral, on Uie Wth, jnlormaUon regarding Uie robbery of the Post- j office at Carrizo, Texas, and the murder of Dr. Lovell, which occurred on the VMi , as heretofore reported. - The city of Oshkosh, Wis., suffored from a terrible conflagration on tlie 28th. It broke out soon after noon, in Morgan Jt Bros.' sawmill, on the north bank of the river, burning Uiatand a dozen oUier saw and shingle mill, and million f feet of lumber, together with hundred of houses, all Uie printing-office, Harding' Opera-house, Uie Beekwith and Adams Hotels, banks, dry-good stores, etc. Tlie burnt district 1 one ami a half miles long and half a mile wide. Two lives were loatand hundred of families rendered homeless. Assistance wa sent from Fond du Lao and Kipon, Tlie total los was estimated at $ 730, too. A negro named Dan White committed an indecent assault upon a widow lady living near Raleigh, Shelby County, Tenn. , on whose plantation he waa at work. Her cries attracted tlie attention of her son, at sight ot whom Uie negro fled, but was afterward captured and taken to Bartlett to await trial. On Uie ntgbt ot tho -7Ui he was token from jail by a party of dis-tndsiMl nieiijjuid carried to Uie woods aud hung to a tree, A dispatch from Corpus Christ!, Texas, 2SUi, says tlmt matter had been unusually quiet on Uie border for several days, and Uiat the companies of armed citizens had disbanded. As the final act of reparation for the Guctave outrage, the Spanish commander at Guetaria, on Uie arrival of the German fleet at that point, fired a salute ot twenty-one guns. A Havana dispatch says that Captain-General Valmaaeda has Issued a proclamaUon, offering pardon to rebels who surrender before May 30, 1875. The pardon 1 unconditional for aU except deserters from the Spanish force, who will be required to serve in the vanguard of Uie army until the end of Uie war. The Leavenworth Timet of the 30th ay: "One hundred aud twenty-five Indiana, consisting of thirty-two Cheyenne, two Arapa-hoes, and ninety-one Kiowa and Comanche, will arrive here a prisoners to-morrow from the Indian Territory. They are in charge of Company D, Eleventh Infantry, commanded by Major Sanderson. Among Uiera 1 Uie famous Chief, MedicineW'ator, who commanded Uie band Uiat murdered a portion of the Germain family and took four girls prisoners; alio, Uie Arapahoe Chief, White Bear, They are to be encamped on Uie reservation between this city and Fort Leavenworth, known as tlie BlueGrass, and will be guarded by a company of soldiers." Important to Farmers. The Department of Agriculture has published the following circular : The Agricultural Department of the United States desires to communicate to its correspondents the following Information : 1. The object and purpose of the Department is to procure tho best and most approved seeds which can be obtained in this or any other country, and so distribute them as that they rxay beintroduced into all parts of the United States to which they are respectively adapted. 2. Vegetable garden-seed is put up In packages and varieties, having a reference only to the climate and oil to which they are to be sent. Anv designation of these seeds wanted by individuals is useless, because they are already put up ; except the general one of flower or vetretablo, or par ticular field seed, such as corn, oats, barley, spring or fall wheat, or particular kind ot grass. X The Department does not profess to have every variety of seed for distribution to supply the wants of any person, but only such as are particularly good and useful, and which cannot be readily obtained elsewhere. 4. The Department often receives from five to fifty letters from one place, and sometimes written by one hand. These are not responded to. 5. The Department has its own agents for distribution ; therefore lists sent here are not attended to. 0. Money or stamps should not be sent to the Department for any purpose whatever. It has no authority to receive It. 7. No seed is delivered at the Department but only by mall. Heed sent, In pursuance of the special appropriation of Congrefs, to the grasshopper districts has not been tul ject to tliei-e rules. C01 respondents should save the product of seed sent them, for future use. Frederick W atth, Commissioner of Agriculture. The American Centennial Shade. Thrown in the The Japanese have just been celebrating the 2,5:t.ith anniversary of tho foundation of the Empire of the Rising Sun in grand style. Jimmu Tenno, the first Emperor, was I he flfih hi descent from thetun-goil-dess.Tcn Sho Da!u Jin, and the present Mikado claims unbroken descent from him. The natloual celebrailon was heightened in interest from the fact that during the previous year Japan had emerged to gloriously in success and honor from the Formosan affair. ' , Then au imperial princess had been born, thus preserving the line of twenty- five centuries. Finally the day marked Uie seventh year of the restoration of tho Mikado to ancient power after the mllttary usurpation of 670 years, and tlie fact that the country could now boast at once of a true nationality, a united purpose, a set tled Government, and amicable foreign re lations. To cap the climax of their joy, the English and French soldiers that had been stationed on Uie soil of Japan since 1803, were to be removed February 15. Even the Tycoon, from his exile In Shid zuoka, comes forth to help on the national joy and prosperity. For Keiki, as the last Tycoon is called, though politically the quondam head of a hoary usurpation, I personally an accomplished aud benevo lent gentleman, who rejoices In his coun try '8 welfare, and. to prove It, Las present ed to one of the public libraries in Tokio 1,000 works, many of them rare and very valuable, comprising . many . thousand volume. , A I'KDF.strian pasting along Macomb Street vesterJay saw a father, staggering drunk, being led along by a ragged son, and he felt so maJ that he exclaimed : See her.', you debased sot, If you bad a spark of manhood In your rum-burned soul you would not make such a public spectacle as this ! " M Mlzzer," replied tlie man reaching out his hand to shake, "mlzzer, I've been a drunkard f r thirty- four years, and zhese are the fust kind words zhever spoken to me! Gimme hand, mlzzer I'm going to reform right away ! "Detroit Fret trttt. A Ftsrt was caught just above Spring Common bridge yesterday, la a dip net weighing twenty-four pounds. Yomg- town (OAw) 7Viit. II ov? heavy wa the fish? MISSOURI STATE NEWS. fcleneral Note. Public Administrator Bunncy, of Cape Girardeau County, has sent $I,1K1S to the State Treasurer, which was taken from the dead bodies of patties killed In the steamlioat Stonewall Jackwon disaster, about four year ago. It remain on deposit subject to claimant.Tho State Board of Railroad Commissioners met at the Capitol on the 27th, and organized by electing lion. M. Mcllhany, of Audrain, President, and Goo. C. Trait, of Columbia, Secretary. The law, dutiea of the board, policy, etc., were diseuHsed informal-ly, the board adjourning to meet in the office of General Marmaduke, In St. Louis, on Thursday ,the 20tb. ITnder the act of March 30, 1H7S, the Governor has appointed ai member of the Board f State Centennial Managers the following named gentlemen : John II. Harris, of Boouet James W. Strong, ol Buchanan) Pat rick Murphy, of Jasjier; John L. Tracey, of St. Louis; J. F, Cook, of I win. The board is to convene on tho 11th of May, In JcflVnwu Cty. Ia the United States Circuit Court aWeflor- sou City, on Uie 28th, an Important Judg ment was rendered in the case of Joseph L Sherrard against Lafayette County. The plaintiff's action was on bond and coupon amounting to $2,040 and InterCNt thereon, issued and delivered by defendant on the 9th of June, 18G1I, to the Lmilsinna and Missouri River Kallroad Company to pay the county subscription to the capital stock of said road. As a conclusion of law the court find that the bond were void for a want of power in tho county to issue them; to which finding the plaintiff excepted. The court ordered judgment for the defendant, which wa ac cordingly entered. Gov, Hardin has appointed John W. Wad- doll general agent to negotiate between the various counties and townships thereof, and cilles of this state, and their bond-holder, for a eomposttien ot their bonded indebtedness. This appointment Is made under the provisions of the McClelland bill, as It waa called, passed at the late session of the Legislature. The function of the agent are those of a mediator ; he is authorized to "receive proposal from the authorized agents of the tnuniclpaltties (counties, townships, cities and towns) In regard to the terms upon which said municipalities will settle, and to ascertain from the holders of their bonds, so far as they are known, upon what terms they will be willing to accept new bonds, upon what rate of Interest and what term of payment" for the compromise of their claims. The State li not responsible In the proposed negotiation ; it haa nothing to do but through it agent to facilitate the negotiations and see that tho old bonds of the muntcipalittc are held as security for the payment of the new ones that may be Issued in Uieir place. The general agent will have his office at Jefferson City, and his compen sation I to be a commission of one-tenth of one per cent, on the debts compromised, to be paid bv the municipalities. If Mr. Wad- dcil shall succeed in refunding the twenty millions of railroad indebtedness of the various municipalities of the State, at a material discount, or at a lower rata of interest, he will fulfill the object of tlie law. Camden County.. Hon. T. J. Kelley, formerly Representative from thi county, and member-elect of the Constitutional Convention, died on tho the 20th ult. Carroll County. A short time ago the partially decomposed body of a man was discovered by some boy in an untenanted house about one mllo west of Mile' Point, A portion Of the houxe was without any flooring, and here the body was buried. Upon examination the body proved to be that of an old man named Jacob Weaver, who some year and a half previous had lived there with his step-daughter and her husband, named McMean. About this time the old man suddenly disappeared, and the neighbor had suspicion of foul play, but the young folks told a plausible story to the effect that they had given the old man $100 and that he had started on foot toward Hardin, in Ray County, to make some purchases, and run off with the money. This story did for a time, but the people renewed their suspicions that tho old man had been murdered, and it coming to the knowledge of McMean that he and hi wife were gravely ausplcioned, the family suddenly decamped last fall, taking away all movable article, and going, it was supposed, to Brunswick. There now seem to be no further doubt that the old man was murdered and his body concealed in this place, exactly over which stood the ooking-stove. It was found that the skull bad been crushed In by blows from an ax or some other heavy Instrument, and this wa doubtless the mode of the old man's death. Col County. - Tha Boonville District Conference M. E. Church South met in the Presbyterian Chunb, at Jefferson City, on the S2d. On the 23d thooorner stone of the new building of the M. E. Church South was laid with appropriate ceremonies. Callaway County. Mr. John R. Bryan, Postmaster at Port land, was drowned recently under the following circumstances : Early in the evening he left Portland to cross some fruit tree from the Opposite side of the Missouri River. About H o'clock he was heard to halloo for help. Some parties tarted to bis relief im mediately, but no trace could b found of him, the river being very high, with a very stronz wind blowing up stream. The trees not being found on the opposite Dana u we only evidence that he got across. It is iuppos- ed that, owing to bis heavy load, togetner witn the strora; gale of wind, hi craft became un manageable and ho found a watery grave. Ko trace ba been found of hi body or his kifT. jMkisa faaaty. The Independence Sentinel toy that Mr. W. J. Clarke, who lives in Uie vicinity of Blue Sprinira, a few day since, wbila on hi way from Kanaas City to Independence, found on the roadside a wallet, which on Investiga tion ha ascertained to contain $12,000 in greenbacks and $14,000 in bonds, together with a deed or trust, note and other ten valuable patters. Mr. Clarke at once reversed his footsteps, and, returning to Kansa City, deposited the treasure in the First KaUon-al Bank, and advertised it In the j Chronica. Being poor and out of ! work, be directed all concerned to address htm at Independence, whither he could go for his mall at iea expense than ! elsewhere. A few daj afterward an old man, giving hi name a T. W. Stout, of An derson, Ind., turned up as the owner of the wa let, which he satisfactorily proved to be his, and Vir. Clarke gave him 5a onkr on the bank for the package, jh9 old man asked him what be charged. He replted, " Xotb-Ing," but requested him to pay the expenses of advertising. This he agreed to do, and gave Mr. Clarke thirty cent to pay for the advertisement in the Chronicle, promising him to call and settle with the Sen tlnel, which be failed to do, according to that paper, which add : "The old hog left without offering Mr. Clarke cent for his.trouble, but gave him the consoling information that he should advertise bis honesty In tha newspapers. We offer no comments, for words with us fail to express our detestation of tha one and our admiration of the other, who has shown himself to be in deed and truth, 'an bonest man, the noblest work of God." Piatt County. - The Leavenworth Timet of tha 27th says : A most cold-blooded and unprovoked attempt, at murder occored on the Weston and Tlatta City Road, yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock. The victim is an old man named Spratt, a farmer, and tha Bams of tlie would-be murderer U Wilklna, a resident of Piatte City, whose occupation our reporter could not learn. The quarrel arose in regard to a dog, the property of Spratt, which the latter accuxed Wilkins of stealing. The two men met?" on tha above road, and upon Spratt charging Wilkin with the theft, the latter grew angry, and with a muttered oath drew a long knife, which be wore concealed about bis person, and plunged it into the old man's 1 left side, Immediately under the armpit, Spratt fell upon the road, the blood pouring from the wound In a perfect torrent, while Wilkins, without waiting to tea the effect of the stroke, darted into tlie bushes and aped toward- this city. Some persons psasing shortly after the occurrence taw the old mau lying on the ground moaning, and, taking him up tenderly, carried him to Platte City, where a physician wa procured and tha Sheriff notified. Upon looking at and examining the wound, tha doctor gave it a hi opinion that th condition of the patient waa a serious one at the best, and that the proba-billtlt were that the wound would result ia death. Tha offlcsr at once organized a party for Uie capture of Wilkius, and it was thought he could not escape. Bt. lAtuta. Hon. John Sexton, a wall-known citiien, died on the 25th. He waa for two terms a member of tha State Legislature, and was also a member of the City Council for ten or eleven years. ' Mayor Barret died on the morning of tits 24th, after a short illness. The disease which. caused hi death wa acute peritonitis. The funeral of Uie late Mayor Barret, which took place on the 87th, waa tha most imposing funeral ceremony witnessed in that city , since Uie burial of Senator Benton. Chas. T. F. Wymaa Curtis, aged seventeen, year, one day recently went into the office of Dr. Eveline L. Sargent, No. 1400 Chestnut 8trect, and took a large dose of laudanum from a vial on a shelf in the office, intending, it is surmised, to commit suicide. The doctor happened In soon enough to administer antidotes, and in an hour time placed hlmt beyond danger of immediate death. Tba young man waa conveyed to hia home by a police officer. The reason assigned for wanting to "shuffle off" was a disappointment la a love affair. ... An Enemy to the Grub Worms. Prof. C. V. Riley, State Entomologist, -has of late been receiving a large number of letters from farmers in various parts ot the State, making Inquiries concerning a curious phenomenon. It appears that the white grub-worm, a great destroyer of corn, grass, potatoeg and other vegetable) products, haa been attacked by an enemy, which threaten its extermination. Tho Professor has received numerous specimens, having two sprouts of sreed veget ble growth growing out of the head of tho , grub, one ou elUter aide, resembling a. hog's tusk in shape. The famr protude through the earth, and present every appearance of vegetable growth. Tho worm thus attacked die, and the Professor ia ot the opinion that the disease will materially ' decrease Uie numbers of this green pest of the husbandman, if It doee not totally eradicate it. St. LouU Timet. , THE MARKETS. 8T. IXH7I9, April SO, 1875. BEKVKS-Choloe, 5.758.S; Good to Pi-toe, 5.00H5.7S; Cow and Heifer, e.7Sa.". Through Texan, J.uo4.i5 Corn-Fed Tea-ans, a.7Mt.S. ' ' Hoos-Uood to Choice, 7.8Ba.40. SHier Good to Choice, es.uoa.- FLOUB-Cholee Country, 8.13 ., XXK W h eat No. t, l.SSgl.te; Ho. (, CokmIno. t, White mixed, 7676e. oats So. t, MiAiO. Bra-Prime, ei.oisjl.08. - BAKLBi-lMme, ef.30al.S7K. Timothy 8nci-Prinie, M.eotf.W- . ToBACCO-l'lanter Lugs, es.iSaw."! Medium Leaf, eti. 009 14. 00. IlAVlrlroe TiuioUiy, aao.008.0. BiiTTKH -Choice Frenh Dairy, ia 30c. Kuoa 11 9 11 so. 1'ciKK .Standard Mess, a.254M.W. . I.AHl-eHiied,lSific. - -,.,. , : Won-Tub-washed. Choice, 61 530., ta-washed.Comiitnr, &34e. Corroa Middling, 15)40. NEW YORK. BaavKSNative, $9.503 13.79; Teican, none. Hoos-Dressed, $.7SSle.OO. Live, none. SHEBr-Unshorn, ee.7S8.00;C.Uppd, . 'rujoa-Cood to Choice, f S.859.l. Whbat-No. iChicaa-o, il.l4l.tf. Cokn Western Mined, 9lH fW. UT Western Mixed, T31SH. Kr a State, ) 1.10 it. 14. ... ; . , Poaa-Mes. itt.OOatt.M. tAHi-Prime Steam, 144 16c. CoiTOW Middling, lso. CHICAGO. , Bkevbs Fair tolhoke, et.008B.73; Texas, bo quotations. u Hs-titod to Choice, 7.40f8.. SHEEP iood to Choice, 5.5098.i!. FLoira-Choiee Winter, Extra, S.47.W. Choice Spring Extra, nj.00fii.45. . WHBAT-syrlngNo. , I.M1.MV; Bprlna No. 8, V, g ttSo. Cors No. , 78a7c. . Oat No. t, S$ me. KYB-NO. i, ei.OBH'f 1.07. BAHLir-No. i, ei.3Ssl.90. Poaa-NewMe, 1.78M.87. - Lajud Summer, I415o. CINCINNATI. rRoua Family, i.oo. 15. Wheat Red, new, 1.301.13. Coa New, 74876c.-Oats No., 67469c. BARr-N0. J, $1.J1.60. Pobk-Nw Mee. 21.87S f 33.00. 1.A ho Prime Swam , 15.'f ii&e. CorrOK Middling, loJto. KANSAS CITY. BeETES Texas Steere, 13.00 8 5.00. Texts Cow, t J.oo j.;a. tx;i iiiiiciiera, f .mst.3o, to.- Steeper. 5.0s5.54. Miiur uooa to tixwa, .uuiSa-'. MEMPHIS. FlirrnFumlly, e.i&;7.5a..- . Cork w hiu, as -t ho. ' Oat Miatii, Ti liar ."hot, $!.oi'!5.(. C'OXTOM -Middling , lo H i S- NEW ORLEANS. Frora Choie, t."'.I.tw. Cokn Mitrd, a9&Se. Oa!"$ 7rt7;. JUv-l'riBX', ,.SMW.. PVKK Msas, BHIS -S U'-,e. ' f OttA irairia Pnote, i'i 'i". Cwi tVS JLW Jil'iiif , h-f i-y -

jffiE RECORD. PUBLISHED EVLEY TJIUUSDAY. EOIIOR AND l'ROHUETOK. Union, Franklin County, Mo. SXTBECflPnOK: omoopt. pwr"'-"" l ive copies, in clubs, each ...1 M ... 15 IXVAttlABLV IK ADVANCE. lie only paper at tha County teat ('H'j Xi $ a a. if;M If VOLUME I. UNION, MO., TIHIKSDAY, MAY C, 1875. NUMBER '30. THE RECORD. BATES 07 ASTEBTISI3 G ; One square, one week.... " ' taen addition! week...... " " three mouth " " jxmonth " " one vear One-fourth enluiiin, three month " " six monilui ' " one year.... One column, ala month. " ' onycr.. . 1 m . m . '' . IS I'i , M ! . trt f.- . SS I' , f: m Professional or baslneaa eard f ten line or Iom will be I turned fur tea duLUr 7 ear. CURRENT TOPICS Jcdgk Shannon, of the United States District Court of Dakota, has recently rendered a,deeision, that under the Terri torial la ws an Indian cannot bo convicted of murdering one of his kind. The ques tion arose in a recent prosecution of two Santees for the murder of a Pones In dian. The murderers were acquitted un dor the decision, and were at liberty to depart, but fearing that prowling Foncas who were not satisileu witn the decision might kill them, they were remanded to Jail for protection. Much excitement pre vails among the aborigines .in Southern Dakota, and a battle between them in the streets of Yankton is considered immi nent. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to the Postmasters In the different large cities and United States Depositaries a circular containing the new regulations for the redemption of mutilated currency the publication of which may be of lin portance to business men. According to these instructions, legal-tender notes, the mutilation of each not equaling one-tenth, and fractional notes, the mutilation of each not equaling one-fifth, are redeemable at the full face value of whole notes by the Treasurer, the several Assistant Treasurers, and Depositaries of the United States, and national bank depositaries, The following are notes redeemable by the Treasurer only : Legal-tender notes, the mutilation of each equaling or exceeding by face measurement one-tenth but not reaching two-tenths of its original proportions, are redeemable at nine-tenths of the full face value of such whole notes. Notes, the rnu tilation of which equals or exceeds two-thirds, bnt docs not reach three- tenths, are redeemable at eight-tenths of their full face value. Notes, the mutila tion of which equals or exceeds three- tenths, but does not reach four-tenths, are redeemable at seven-tenths of their full face value. Notes, the mutilation of which equals or exceeds four-tenths, but does not reach one-half, are redeemable at six-tenths of their full face value. Fragments of notes lost constituting clear ly one-haif, are redeemable at one-half the full face value of such whole notes Fractional notes, tho mutilation of each equaling or exceeding by face measurement one-fifth, but not reaching two-fifths of its original proportions, are redeem' able at four-fifths of the full face value of such notes, and when the mutilation equals or exceeds two-fifths, but does not reach one-half, they are redeemable at three-fifths of their full face value. , .JVr,conDiso to the report of Capt. Hall, of tlie Coast Survey, submitted to the Commissioner of Education, affairs in Alaska are in a sad condition. There is 110 protection for life or property, no re dress for injury furulshed by the civil law, and the people of the province find the American eagle a poor exchange for the Kussian bear, and have ample reason to wish themselves back under the Czar's dominion. Capt. Eads has taken the first practical step in the enterprise of deepening the channel at the mouth of the Mississippi, by letting the contract for a large ampunt 01 work in the construction of tho pro posed jetties to Col. James Andrews, of Alleghany City, Pa., Col. Andrews is to put in 60,000 yards of the work before he receives any pay. The first payment Capt, Jtiids is to receive is to be when twenty leet of water shall have been secured avery time two additional feet, ud to thirty feet,5s secured he is to receive $500,- uwi more. Une condition of Col. An drews's contract is, that he is to do as much as is necessary to insure twenty-sixf feet of water, and construct the amount of work specified for f 2,500,000. The Gov eminent is to pay Capt. Eads $5,250 000 for the work on his securing thirty feet of water. A eompany, called the South Pass Jetty Company, has been formed to sup ply the necessary advances of money for carrying out the jetty project, and as soon as $300,000 stock Is.subscribed operations will begin. According to the New Orleans correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, the excursionists who have just returned to that city from Mexico do not give a very encouraging report of the state of affairs in our sister republic They state that the Mexican Government is not making the slightest effort to prevent raids across the Rio Grande. Although the attention of the Mexican authorities has been officially called to the matter, it is treated with the utmost indifference, and no notice will be taken of it until the United States Government sends troops across the Rio Grande to punish the Invaders. Then the Mexicans will commence hostilities. This is the settled opinion of Americans residing in the City of Mexico, and they state also that the country there even now is getting too warm for them ; that they will have to h ave upon the first indications ofhostilities. Lord North brook, Viceroy of India, has issued a proclamation deposing the Guicowar of ;Baroda, declaring him and his Issue precluded from all rights appertaining to the sovereignty of the country, and compelling the Guicowar to select a place for himself and family in British India The Viceroy says this measure is based. Independently of the recent trial of the Guicowar, upon his notorious misconduct, gross ml.government and incapacity. Furthermore, the restoration of the Guicowar would be detrimental to the interest of Baroda. The Viceroy will select a member of another branch of the Gulcowar's family to reign. A terrible disaster occurred at New Orleans on the 23J. About 4 p.m. on that day the steamer John Kyle took fire while lying at the wharf. The flames spread rapidly, and the burning boat was cut loose and drifted azalnst the sttaroer Charles BoJmann. , V MUV WV. AAA. V I I rom the Bod man n the damn mmmnni. I cated to theExportor, and the three boats, j amaze irom stem to stern, were blown by the high wind into the inlddlo of the stream, where they burned to the water's edge. It is believed that every person on the Kyle got eafcly off before she was cut adrift. The other two steamers had a large number of pas sengers and spectators on board when they were sent adrift, and a terrible scene ensued. As the flames gradually en veloped the vessels the frenzied passengers plunged overboard, preferring to meet death by drowning rather than by Are, A large number of boats went to the rescue and succeeded in saving many. Among those known to be lost are the following : Mrs Musgrove, daughter of Capt. Reese, of tho Exporter; Mr. Granalin, of Nashville, Ind.; a young daughter of Dr. Brashear, of Florence, Ky.; Joseph Case am' John Ferrard, engineers of the Bodmann both of Newport. Ky.: also, a largS nura cr of other employees of the three boats and prooaoiy several deck passengers whose names are not known. Both houses of the Louisiana Legisla ture adjourned tine die on the 24th. In tho Senate the resolution suspending Clinton, State Auditor, from office, was finally postponed 18 to 16. But few, if any, of the reform measures were finally passed. The Chicago Inter-Ocean, of the 21th, has a comprehensive report of the condl tion of the grain and fruit crops from va rious localities, from which we make the following brief summary: Missouri Wheat and oats are badly eaten by grass hoppers, and fears are entertained that In the large breadth planted the grain will be destroyed by them. Fruit is uuln jurcd. Illinois The prospects for winter wheat are very discour.iging; wlmclarge areas are usually sown ihere will not be over half a crop. Many wheat fields are being plowed for corn. Spring wheat and oats are damaged ; also rye and barley. Fruits generally are de stroyed. Wisconsin Winter wheat Is slightly injured. Spring wheat is now being sown. Fruit is somewhat injured. Indiana The wheat has been badly In Jured by the cold weather. Rye and biirley will also be short crops. Oats will not yield more than half a crop. Fruit will be almost a total failure. Corn plant- ing is delayed on account of frost, T Itn . rvansas nneac ana oats sown are in fine condition. Fruit is looking well. Michigan Season backward. Wheat has been badly injured by the frost, and in many localities farmers are turning it out. Oats and corn, as well as most small fruits, are killed. Nebraska Prospects for all grains and fruits are flattering, Minnesota The scasos, mJfckward. The average breadth of spring wheat Is sown. Winter wheat is uninjured. Small fruits promise well. Iowa A little more than the average amount of spring wheat is sown, and will yield well. Little winter wheat is sown, and that is uninjured. Oats aud barley are badly Injured. Fruit will be an average crop. Rkcknt advices from Bolivia c-ive the particulars of a .formidable insurrection which occurred at La Paz on the 8th of March last, during the temporary absence of the President with a Dortion of the Government troops. The Council of Min isters and a email force of young men of iTOOd families Shut themselves in the Gov ernment Palace, where they were fiercely bes-ieged by the insurrectionary populace who tried to set fire to the Palace hv thttewing burning sheets, dipped in kero sene ou, upon the roofs. A company of troops fortunately arrived at La Paz iustas the oesiegeu were about to surrender. They at once made a charge asrainst the rebel crowd, and defeated it with a loss of nity-eignt killed and a great number of wounaeu. Thb Postmaster-General has issued an order canceling all awards of contracts neretotore made In favor of Jerome J. Hinds, Patrick Laughlin, Jno. W. Dela- uey, Win. Weiss and Wm. C. Iddings, these being the names contained in nro- posals fraudulently imposed on the de partment by tho complicity of clerks, ne haa also directed that contracts be immediately awarded to the respective bidders whose proposals are next lowest in amount tothe proposals thus rejected. At a reception sriven in Birmingham. England, a few days since, to Chevalier, the distinguished French economist, John Bright made some remarks on free trade. in the course of which he said it was ludicrous for the United States to Invite for eign manufacturers to compete at an exhi bition, when a protective tariff prevented them from competing in American mar kets; and at a meeting of the Town Council of Kidderminster, the secretanv of the Carpet Manufacturers' Association stated that the carpet manufacturers gen erally throughout the kingdom had decided not to send their products to the Philadelphia exhibition because of the ex istence or a prohibitory tariff, and that a memorial to this effect would he forward ed to the British Minister at Washington. It is stated that at a nwnt .saio r the Cabinet the disturbed condition of nf. fairs upon the Mexican border was the sunject 01 a long consultation. The official reports as to the raldin? Dailies w r formally presented and considered. They consisted or the report received by the Postmaster-General from the Postmasters who have been molested, and of the re ports of army officers. These documents substantiated most of the dispatches from the Mexican border. The Post master-General showed that several of his officers . have been killed The Secretary of State manifested some restiveness at these raids. It is un derstood that the Mexican Government has disclaimed all rcsponhibility for these Incursions. It Is evident that it these raids are to continue the border mall service will, of necessity, be discontinued. No formal conclusion was .reached, but it was generally understood that a note of protest would soon be prepared to bo present ed to the Mexican Government as a pre liminary to the preparation of a formal note. Mr. Jewell is arranging for tlie President all the correspondence of the Post-oftlee Department on this subject. Tine total loss by the Oshkosh, Wis., fire is estimated by some as high as two million dollars, although other estimates make tlie figures considerably less. Over two hundred residences and one hundred stores, together with the two large hotels, the opera-house, banks, etc., were swept away like so much tinder. A dispatch of the 29th sys : "A deep pall hangs over the stricken city. Five times since its foundation has a conflagration visited it, but the present calamity the third wit hin a year is the most cubing one of a0J This fire has taken mos of tlu; fine re. deneci and homes. Tk citizens scenr tft- teily hopeless, and waltf the streets with fad faces. The rufiis are still smoldering, and when the former owners are asked what they will do, they reply that they cannot tell at present. The offices of the telegraph are burned, and this, added to the general confusion and the inability of even those who were losers to give the particulars, precludes the possibility of an extended report. About 300 families, some of them poor, are burned out, and relief is much needed. The Common Council has appropriated $2,000 for their immediate wants." POLITICAL AND PERSONAL BREVITIES. It is said that Col. Tom. Scott's recent visit to Mexico was with a view to selecting a route for a railway to that country, should the next Congress be willing to grant any substantial aid to tlie project. M. Wallon, the French Minister of Fublio Instruction, has designated Judge Cam-bert as a special eommissionor to examine and report on the American system of educaUon. M. Cambert will visit Washington and Now York, and also attend the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. nANS Christian Anderskst received from the King of Denmark, on April 1, the Cross of Commander of the Danncbrog, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. A splendid edition of one of his works, in fifteen languages, was published in celebration of the event. Col. E. M. Yiroer, of Mississippi, but for several years a resident of Baltimore, died on the 23J. At one time he was prominent before the public in connection with the killing of Crane, at Jackson, Mississippi, for which lie was tried by a military commission. Sknator Booth, of California, is visiting hi. parents in Terre Haute, Ind. , and is expected to remain for some weeks. Jctlitjs Duncan, formerly of the St. Louis Stoats Zeitung, has been latterly a reporter for the Brooklyn t'reie J'rttte, and employed on the Beecher trial. A few days ago he failed to put in bis appcaranoe, and the Coroner received a note signed by him, saying that he had become disgusted with lil'o and waa going to commit suicide. , Parker, the defaulting State Treasurer of South Carolina, has been committed to Jail In default of $230,000 bail. Gkn. B. R. Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, authorizes the statement that Uie recent publications to the effect that the resignation of the Secretary of the Interior had been asked by the President on account of corrupt practices in tlie department, or for any other reasons, and that tlie Assistant Secretary was cognizant of the facts, are entirely without foundation ; and President Grant says he has ever had the utmost confidence in Secretary Delano, and that his confidence in his integrity and consistent official deportment remains unimpaired. The President has;a8slsrued Dr. Linder-man , Director of tlie Mint, to make examinations ordered by Congress as to what point in the Western States and Mississippi Valley possesses the best advantages for a mint. -. Investigation will be made during Uie coming summer. - Capt. Alonzo P. St. John, formerly Superintendent of the Hodson ' Biver People's Line of Steamers, committed suicide, on Uie 23d. in the barber-shop of the steamer St. John. - Thomas C. Woodward, of lowaT has been appointed,!, Examlner-in-Chicf in Uie Patent Office. Rbv. William' Sblwtnn, D. D., chap lain to the Queen, aged sixty-nine, and Henry W. Pickersgill, tlie eminent English portrait painter, in his ninety-fourth year, are both dead. Thr Treasury Department on the 24th dispatched a number of clerks to London, with $11,000,000 of Are per cents, being the last sub scription of tlie syndicate. ; The ex-Federal and ex-Confederate soldiers of Little Bock, Ark. , have issued a joint call for the decoration of the graves of all Uie soldiers who fell in the late war. Winwood Rkadb, the author of several well known books of travel, is dead. Thk corner-stone of a monument to be erected in memory of Confederate soldier was laid with imposing ceremonies at Augusta. ja. , on the 26th. Julius Duncan, the Brooklyn news paper reporter, who announced his determination, in a letter to the Coroner, to gire that gen. tleman a job by makiBg a cold corpus of himself. repented of his resolution , it seems, and bas concluded to tarry yet a little longer in this world of sorrows, tears, and Brooklyn scandals. It Is suspected that the fellow only wanted to get a little notoriety, in which he succeeded, as the facts of the supposed suicMo were widely circulated through the press. Dan O'Learv, a Chicago pedestrian. walked 118 miles in 23 hours and eight minutes, in Philadelphia a few days ago. Jamks Gordon Bknnktt, of the New York Herald, is understood to ba fitting out an arctic expedition in England, lie haa bought tlie ship Pandora, which will be commanded by Mr. Allen Young, a lieutenant in the fioyal Kaval Reserve. Mrs. Sakah J. Conwat, a favorite act- i ress, and manager of the Brooklyn Theater, died j In that city on the 28th. Mr. Longfellow will sltrnalize a semi centennial by delivering at the next CommeasJ-ment of Bowdoin College a poem. It will be on toe occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation from that institution. Mrs. Oswald Ottendorfkr, wife of the proprietor of the 6taatiztUng newspaper, of New York, ha given $ sOO.OOO for the Wtehliah-ment of a home for aged and infirm persons of tlie Evangelical Lutheran denomination. A Cbntkkmal not worth recording is the fact that the Worcester (Mass.) Spy ha pub- "unen n account of the collision between tlx British and the Colonist in April, 1,7 1, taken from It own files of that time. By the laws of Wisconsin every woman of tlie age of twenty -one year and upward may be elected to the ofllo of Director, Treasurer, and Clerk of school districts; Director and Secretory of Town Boards, under the township system of school government; member of Board of EducaUon is cities, and County Snnerintandemt of Schools, . Rkv. turn. A. Jaoc.er, I). D., was MBecrad Episcopal Bishop of tlie diorse of souuifrn Ohio, at Uie Chore of tlie Holv Trini ty, la Philadelphia, on the WSj. The wreiu-j- nie were very lmpoir., eight Bi&hop and a arge number of oU;.;r rlfrgymen participating. According to tlie eorref pondent of the New York Herald, a arrangement ha been made between the lw '- - ot Uie Liberal party in Belgium and Prince t-- -.irk, by which the latter,, uy application of d iomalio pressure, undertakes to bring about iie downfall of tlie clerical ministry. The Lit.i'rali Uien returning to power are to make laf to suppress Uie public, tion of views unfavorabto to the German ecclesiastical policy, to Intnxi i e compulsory military service, and establish now fortilleations. In accordance with this alh V 1 arrangement, it is said , the Liberal Belgian aiers support the latest demands of tlie German Cabinet insisting on the overthrow of tlie clerical government. - It U said that an effort Is being made in Washington by Senator. Chandler to procure another Indictment again ft Bnell, tlie newspaper correspondent, in. v?ldch tho defect of the .ftrjt, aypomteeV'af by Judo Treat, shall not appear? amijvtaiHi ; supply the fatal emission of not charging tit t the libel was ottered In the"Ditru.'fof Ooiuino.j k -Lsfiil piW j..- i; IV beoH . commenced by the Prussian iriivernment for Ule removal of the Prinoe Bishop of Breslau for violation of ecclesiastical law. The Marquis of Tavistock, ' Liberal, has been elected to Parliament for Bedfordshire without opposition. . ' SirGiixkry Pigiott, puisne Baron of the English Court of Exchequer, died on tlie 28th ult. , -' t .;;: 'i . ; .; - Lord Uobart, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, is dead. , Information has been received by a private letter of the drowning, in Pugef t Sound, on March 28, ot tlie entire thealrioal troupe ot J. A. Sawtelle, well-known to many Western and Southern theater-goers. It seems Uiat on the day named the party embarked In a small tug-boat, the Euby, for Porttuadlson, from Seattle, notwithstanding the tact th mammoth tug Goliath had just been forced into the harbor by the severity ot the gale. A large number of people stood on Uie dock, watching the tug. ) went out into the roaring sea, which was toMitig like mad, and wa en. gulled in a few momenta. The company consisted of Mr. Shwtolle, his wife, and little ' Vlvia," Mr. Fannie Morgan Phelps, Mis Lizzie Morann, Mr. Jerry Crowell, and others. Governor Keluhm of Louisiana has instructed the Attorney-General to institute suit against Auditor Clinton and his sureties, stating that, though the 8 lute had failed to act on the charge preferred by the House ot Representatives, he deemed it right that an immediate and thorough investlfvusiou should bo had of any alleged malfeasance on the part of the Auditor. , A mkktinO of merchants and prominent citizens of Boston as held on the 2Sth, for the purpose of organising on a permanent basis an association to secure cheap transportation to and from Boston and the West. An adjourned meeting will be held Slays, to adopt a constitution aud perfect tlie organization. Thb Prince of Wales was installed Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ma-ions at Royal Albert Hull, London, on the29tli. A large concoiirsrt was present. The President has tendered the position of Attornoy-tiensi al to Judge Edwards Picrre-pont, of New V , k, and that gentleman has accepted. . : (' ' . " John C. Moncuhe has petitioned the Court for a mandamus to compel tlie Louisiana Returning Board to canvass Uie election return of Bienville, De Soto, Grant and Winn parishes, through neglect of which, lie claims, he has been deprived of the office of State Treasurer, to which he wa legally elected by a majority of aU the votes cast. KiiKNKZF.it Everett, of Neversink, Ul ster County, N. Y., flfty-scven years ago was left a widower at the age of fifteen years, having been married three months. That short expert ence in married life sufficed him until Uie fifty seventh anniversary of the death of hi wife, a few days since, when he was again married at the age ot "i to Miss Elizabeth Decker of Never ink, aged IS, jast the age Ebenezer was when hi first wife died. David Sinton, of Cincinnati, has decided to erect, ou the Fifth Street market spaco in that city, a granite tower 6' feet high, sur mounted by a colossal statue of Cincinnatu In tlie toga. The tower will be composed of three sections the first two square, Uie last and high est octagonal In shape. A platform forty feet square will be at the base, for public speaking. The whole 1 estimated to cost $30,000. Carl Schuhz and family sailed for u rope on the 29th in the steamship Pomeranla. The valuable library of the great natur alist, Audubon, wa completely destroyed by a fire which burned the residence of Mr. Lucy Bakewell, at Shelby ville, Ky., on the 2th. Mrs. Bakewellwa Audubon's sister-in-law, and his library had been left with her. The collection consisted of about 800 volumes, aud wa of very great value to scientist. Performances were given in the prin cipal theaters of New York on the afternoon of the 20th for the benefit of the family of the late Dan Bryant. The attendance wa very large, and the gross proceeds, which go entire to the family, will exceed $ 23,00 . Gen. Adam Badkau, United States Con sul at London, and Mis Marie Eliae Niles, daughter of the late Minister to Italy, were mar rled by Cardinal McCloskey at New York on the Wtll. . . TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. - The price of gold in New York, on April 28, wa USJf. ...... Lieutenant Henley, of the Sixteenth Cavalry, en the ltd bad a seven engagement with tli Indian at Sappy Creek, about fifty-five miles north of Monument, Kansas. The Indian were Cheyenne, sixty in number, and are sup posed to have been a portion of those who e caped from the agency. Lieut. Henley's com mand consjsted of a detachment of forty men Twenty-seven of the Indiana were killed, includ ing two chiefs and a medicine-man. The re mainder of the Indians escaped with a portion of their stock . Sergeant Papier and Private Tieros. of Lieut. Henley's command, were killed. Schofleld'a large live-story cotton mill, atManayunk, Pa., was burned on the night of the 23d. Lous heavy, and many band thrown out of employment. The police authorities of Poscn have no tified all the Ursullne Sifters in that district who are not native of Germany, that they must leave the country within two monUi. A dangerous counterfeit $3 note on the National Bank of Paxton, Illinois, ba been discovered in Washington. Dr. D. 0. Lovell, of Carrizo, Zapata County, Texas, an old and respeeteit cltizea, wa murdered on Ui 18th ; and on U 17th Julian Rita and son were murdered on mile from the Calavera, rm the road Hading to Ps Incho The family of deceased wa about a half-mile off at the a me, and saw the parUe riding away who committed the deed. It i said that a reign of terror exist ia Nueces Bt adjoining counUe, and the ranches are almost entirely deserted and abandoned to Uie Mexican marauder. . - James Lafferty, of Rockville, Allegany County, N, Y., killed his grandmother and robbed her house; subsequently be sliot Mis Vannoy, who had refused to marry him, and her mother, and Uien killed himself. A collision bttween two passenger train occurred on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, near Washington City, on the 2t,Ui, by which several person were serfou!y injured. The Posttnaf ter at Corpus Christ! telegraphed to the PotmKt r-i;i tjeral, on Uie Wth, jnlormaUon regarding Uie robbery of the Post- j office at Carrizo, Texas, and the murder of Dr. Lovell, which occurred on the VMi , as heretofore reported. - The city of Oshkosh, Wis., suffored from a terrible conflagration on tlie 28th. It broke out soon after noon, in Morgan Jt Bros.' sawmill, on the north bank of the river, burning Uiatand a dozen oUier saw and shingle mill, and million f feet of lumber, together with hundred of houses, all Uie printing-office, Harding' Opera-house, Uie Beekwith and Adams Hotels, banks, dry-good stores, etc. Tlie burnt district 1 one ami a half miles long and half a mile wide. Two lives were loatand hundred of families rendered homeless. Assistance wa sent from Fond du Lao and Kipon, Tlie total los was estimated at $ 730, too. A negro named Dan White committed an indecent assault upon a widow lady living near Raleigh, Shelby County, Tenn. , on whose plantation he waa at work. Her cries attracted tlie attention of her son, at sight ot whom Uie negro fled, but was afterward captured and taken to Bartlett to await trial. On Uie ntgbt ot tho -7Ui he was token from jail by a party of dis-tndsiMl nieiijjuid carried to Uie woods aud hung to a tree, A dispatch from Corpus Christ!, Texas, 2SUi, says tlmt matter had been unusually quiet on Uie border for several days, and Uiat the companies of armed citizens had disbanded. As the final act of reparation for the Guctave outrage, the Spanish commander at Guetaria, on Uie arrival of the German fleet at that point, fired a salute ot twenty-one guns. A Havana dispatch says that Captain-General Valmaaeda has Issued a proclamaUon, offering pardon to rebels who surrender before May 30, 1875. The pardon 1 unconditional for aU except deserters from the Spanish force, who will be required to serve in the vanguard of Uie army until the end of Uie war. The Leavenworth Timet of the 30th ay: "One hundred aud twenty-five Indiana, consisting of thirty-two Cheyenne, two Arapa-hoes, and ninety-one Kiowa and Comanche, will arrive here a prisoners to-morrow from the Indian Territory. They are in charge of Company D, Eleventh Infantry, commanded by Major Sanderson. Among Uiera 1 Uie famous Chief, MedicineW'ator, who commanded Uie band Uiat murdered a portion of the Germain family and took four girls prisoners; alio, Uie Arapahoe Chief, White Bear, They are to be encamped on Uie reservation between this city and Fort Leavenworth, known as tlie BlueGrass, and will be guarded by a company of soldiers." Important to Farmers. The Department of Agriculture has published the following circular : The Agricultural Department of the United States desires to communicate to its correspondents the following Information : 1. The object and purpose of the Department is to procure tho best and most approved seeds which can be obtained in this or any other country, and so distribute them as that they rxay beintroduced into all parts of the United States to which they are respectively adapted. 2. Vegetable garden-seed is put up In packages and varieties, having a reference only to the climate and oil to which they are to be sent. Anv designation of these seeds wanted by individuals is useless, because they are already put up ; except the general one of flower or vetretablo, or par ticular field seed, such as corn, oats, barley, spring or fall wheat, or particular kind ot grass. X The Department does not profess to have every variety of seed for distribution to supply the wants of any person, but only such as are particularly good and useful, and which cannot be readily obtained elsewhere. 4. The Department often receives from five to fifty letters from one place, and sometimes written by one hand. These are not responded to. 5. The Department has its own agents for distribution ; therefore lists sent here are not attended to. 0. Money or stamps should not be sent to the Department for any purpose whatever. It has no authority to receive It. 7. No seed is delivered at the Department but only by mall. Heed sent, In pursuance of the special appropriation of Congrefs, to the grasshopper districts has not been tul ject to tliei-e rules. C01 respondents should save the product of seed sent them, for future use. Frederick W atth, Commissioner of Agriculture. The American Centennial Shade. Thrown in the The Japanese have just been celebrating the 2,5:t.ith anniversary of tho foundation of the Empire of the Rising Sun in grand style. Jimmu Tenno, the first Emperor, was I he flfih hi descent from thetun-goil-dess.Tcn Sho Da!u Jin, and the present Mikado claims unbroken descent from him. The natloual celebrailon was heightened in interest from the fact that during the previous year Japan had emerged to gloriously in success and honor from the Formosan affair. ' , Then au imperial princess had been born, thus preserving the line of twenty- five centuries. Finally the day marked Uie seventh year of the restoration of tho Mikado to ancient power after the mllttary usurpation of 670 years, and tlie fact that the country could now boast at once of a true nationality, a united purpose, a set tled Government, and amicable foreign re lations. To cap the climax of their joy, the English and French soldiers that had been stationed on Uie soil of Japan since 1803, were to be removed February 15. Even the Tycoon, from his exile In Shid zuoka, comes forth to help on the national joy and prosperity. For Keiki, as the last Tycoon is called, though politically the quondam head of a hoary usurpation, I personally an accomplished aud benevo lent gentleman, who rejoices In his coun try '8 welfare, and. to prove It, Las present ed to one of the public libraries in Tokio 1,000 works, many of them rare and very valuable, comprising . many . thousand volume. , A I'KDF.strian pasting along Macomb Street vesterJay saw a father, staggering drunk, being led along by a ragged son, and he felt so maJ that he exclaimed : See her.', you debased sot, If you bad a spark of manhood In your rum-burned soul you would not make such a public spectacle as this ! " M Mlzzer," replied tlie man reaching out his hand to shake, "mlzzer, I've been a drunkard f r thirty- four years, and zhese are the fust kind words zhever spoken to me! Gimme hand, mlzzer I'm going to reform right away ! "Detroit Fret trttt. A Ftsrt was caught just above Spring Common bridge yesterday, la a dip net weighing twenty-four pounds. Yomg- town (OAw) 7Viit. II ov? heavy wa the fish? MISSOURI STATE NEWS. fcleneral Note. Public Administrator Bunncy, of Cape Girardeau County, has sent $I,1K1S to the State Treasurer, which was taken from the dead bodies of patties killed In the steamlioat Stonewall Jackwon disaster, about four year ago. It remain on deposit subject to claimant.Tho State Board of Railroad Commissioners met at the Capitol on the 27th, and organized by electing lion. M. Mcllhany, of Audrain, President, and Goo. C. Trait, of Columbia, Secretary. The law, dutiea of the board, policy, etc., were diseuHsed informal-ly, the board adjourning to meet in the office of General Marmaduke, In St. Louis, on Thursday ,the 20tb. ITnder the act of March 30, 1H7S, the Governor has appointed ai member of the Board f State Centennial Managers the following named gentlemen : John II. Harris, of Boouet James W. Strong, ol Buchanan) Pat rick Murphy, of Jasjier; John L. Tracey, of St. Louis; J. F, Cook, of I win. The board is to convene on tho 11th of May, In JcflVnwu Cty. Ia the United States Circuit Court aWeflor- sou City, on Uie 28th, an Important Judg ment was rendered in the case of Joseph L Sherrard against Lafayette County. The plaintiff's action was on bond and coupon amounting to $2,040 and InterCNt thereon, issued and delivered by defendant on the 9th of June, 18G1I, to the Lmilsinna and Missouri River Kallroad Company to pay the county subscription to the capital stock of said road. As a conclusion of law the court find that the bond were void for a want of power in tho county to issue them; to which finding the plaintiff excepted. The court ordered judgment for the defendant, which wa ac cordingly entered. Gov, Hardin has appointed John W. Wad- doll general agent to negotiate between the various counties and townships thereof, and cilles of this state, and their bond-holder, for a eomposttien ot their bonded indebtedness. This appointment Is made under the provisions of the McClelland bill, as It waa called, passed at the late session of the Legislature. The function of the agent are those of a mediator ; he is authorized to "receive proposal from the authorized agents of the tnuniclpaltties (counties, townships, cities and towns) In regard to the terms upon which said municipalities will settle, and to ascertain from the holders of their bonds, so far as they are known, upon what terms they will be willing to accept new bonds, upon what rate of Interest and what term of payment" for the compromise of their claims. The State li not responsible In the proposed negotiation ; it haa nothing to do but through it agent to facilitate the negotiations and see that tho old bonds of the muntcipalittc are held as security for the payment of the new ones that may be Issued in Uieir place. The general agent will have his office at Jefferson City, and his compen sation I to be a commission of one-tenth of one per cent, on the debts compromised, to be paid bv the municipalities. If Mr. Wad- dcil shall succeed in refunding the twenty millions of railroad indebtedness of the various municipalities of the State, at a material discount, or at a lower rata of interest, he will fulfill the object of tlie law. Camden County.. Hon. T. J. Kelley, formerly Representative from thi county, and member-elect of the Constitutional Convention, died on tho the 20th ult. Carroll County. A short time ago the partially decomposed body of a man was discovered by some boy in an untenanted house about one mllo west of Mile' Point, A portion Of the houxe was without any flooring, and here the body was buried. Upon examination the body proved to be that of an old man named Jacob Weaver, who some year and a half previous had lived there with his step-daughter and her husband, named McMean. About this time the old man suddenly disappeared, and the neighbor had suspicion of foul play, but the young folks told a plausible story to the effect that they had given the old man $100 and that he had started on foot toward Hardin, in Ray County, to make some purchases, and run off with the money. This story did for a time, but the people renewed their suspicions that tho old man had been murdered, and it coming to the knowledge of McMean that he and hi wife were gravely ausplcioned, the family suddenly decamped last fall, taking away all movable article, and going, it was supposed, to Brunswick. There now seem to be no further doubt that the old man was murdered and his body concealed in this place, exactly over which stood the ooking-stove. It was found that the skull bad been crushed In by blows from an ax or some other heavy Instrument, and this wa doubtless the mode of the old man's death. Col County. - Tha Boonville District Conference M. E. Church South met in the Presbyterian Chunb, at Jefferson City, on the S2d. On the 23d thooorner stone of the new building of the M. E. Church South was laid with appropriate ceremonies. Callaway County. Mr. John R. Bryan, Postmaster at Port land, was drowned recently under the following circumstances : Early in the evening he left Portland to cross some fruit tree from the Opposite side of the Missouri River. About H o'clock he was heard to halloo for help. Some parties tarted to bis relief im mediately, but no trace could b found of him, the river being very high, with a very stronz wind blowing up stream. The trees not being found on the opposite Dana u we only evidence that he got across. It is iuppos- ed that, owing to bis heavy load, togetner witn the strora; gale of wind, hi craft became un manageable and ho found a watery grave. Ko trace ba been found of hi body or his kifT. jMkisa faaaty. The Independence Sentinel toy that Mr. W. J. Clarke, who lives in Uie vicinity of Blue Sprinira, a few day since, wbila on hi way from Kanaas City to Independence, found on the roadside a wallet, which on Investiga tion ha ascertained to contain $12,000 in greenbacks and $14,000 in bonds, together with a deed or trust, note and other ten valuable patters. Mr. Clarke at once reversed his footsteps, and, returning to Kansa City, deposited the treasure in the First KaUon-al Bank, and advertised it In the j Chronica. Being poor and out of ! work, be directed all concerned to address htm at Independence, whither he could go for his mall at iea expense than ! elsewhere. A few daj afterward an old man, giving hi name a T. W. Stout, of An derson, Ind., turned up as the owner of the wa let, which he satisfactorily proved to be his, and Vir. Clarke gave him 5a onkr on the bank for the package, jh9 old man asked him what be charged. He replted, " Xotb-Ing," but requested him to pay the expenses of advertising. This he agreed to do, and gave Mr. Clarke thirty cent to pay for the advertisement in the Chronicle, promising him to call and settle with the Sen tlnel, which be failed to do, according to that paper, which add : "The old hog left without offering Mr. Clarke cent for his.trouble, but gave him the consoling information that he should advertise bis honesty In tha newspapers. We offer no comments, for words with us fail to express our detestation of tha one and our admiration of the other, who has shown himself to be in deed and truth, 'an bonest man, the noblest work of God." Piatt County. - The Leavenworth Timet of tha 27th says : A most cold-blooded and unprovoked attempt, at murder occored on the Weston and Tlatta City Road, yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock. The victim is an old man named Spratt, a farmer, and tha Bams of tlie would-be murderer U Wilklna, a resident of Piatte City, whose occupation our reporter could not learn. The quarrel arose in regard to a dog, the property of Spratt, which the latter accuxed Wilkins of stealing. The two men met?" on tha above road, and upon Spratt charging Wilkin with the theft, the latter grew angry, and with a muttered oath drew a long knife, which be wore concealed about bis person, and plunged it into the old man's 1 left side, Immediately under the armpit, Spratt fell upon the road, the blood pouring from the wound In a perfect torrent, while Wilkins, without waiting to tea the effect of the stroke, darted into tlie bushes and aped toward- this city. Some persons psasing shortly after the occurrence taw the old mau lying on the ground moaning, and, taking him up tenderly, carried him to Platte City, where a physician wa procured and tha Sheriff notified. Upon looking at and examining the wound, tha doctor gave it a hi opinion that th condition of the patient waa a serious one at the best, and that the proba-billtlt were that the wound would result ia death. Tha offlcsr at once organized a party for Uie capture of Wilkius, and it was thought he could not escape. Bt. lAtuta. Hon. John Sexton, a wall-known citiien, died on the 25th. He waa for two terms a member of tha State Legislature, and was also a member of the City Council for ten or eleven years. ' Mayor Barret died on the morning of tits 24th, after a short illness. The disease which. caused hi death wa acute peritonitis. The funeral of Uie late Mayor Barret, which took place on the 87th, waa tha most imposing funeral ceremony witnessed in that city , since Uie burial of Senator Benton. Chas. T. F. Wymaa Curtis, aged seventeen, year, one day recently went into the office of Dr. Eveline L. Sargent, No. 1400 Chestnut 8trect, and took a large dose of laudanum from a vial on a shelf in the office, intending, it is surmised, to commit suicide. The doctor happened In soon enough to administer antidotes, and in an hour time placed hlmt beyond danger of immediate death. Tba young man waa conveyed to hia home by a police officer. The reason assigned for wanting to "shuffle off" was a disappointment la a love affair. ... An Enemy to the Grub Worms. Prof. C. V. Riley, State Entomologist, -has of late been receiving a large number of letters from farmers in various parts ot the State, making Inquiries concerning a curious phenomenon. It appears that the white grub-worm, a great destroyer of corn, grass, potatoeg and other vegetable) products, haa been attacked by an enemy, which threaten its extermination. Tho Professor has received numerous specimens, having two sprouts of sreed veget ble growth growing out of the head of tho , grub, one ou elUter aide, resembling a. hog's tusk in shape. The famr protude through the earth, and present every appearance of vegetable growth. Tho worm thus attacked die, and the Professor ia ot the opinion that the disease will materially ' decrease Uie numbers of this green pest of the husbandman, if It doee not totally eradicate it. St. LouU Timet. , THE MARKETS. 8T. IXH7I9, April SO, 1875. BEKVKS-Choloe, 5.758.S; Good to Pi-toe, 5.00H5.7S; Cow and Heifer, e.7Sa.". Through Texan, J.uo4.i5 Corn-Fed Tea-ans, a.7Mt.S. ' ' Hoos-Uood to Choice, 7.8Ba.40. SHier Good to Choice, es.uoa.- FLOUB-Cholee Country, 8.13 ., XXK W h eat No. t, l.SSgl.te; Ho. (, CokmIno. t, White mixed, 7676e. oats So. t, MiAiO. Bra-Prime, ei.oisjl.08. - BAKLBi-lMme, ef.30al.S7K. Timothy 8nci-Prinie, M.eotf.W- . ToBACCO-l'lanter Lugs, es.iSaw."! Medium Leaf, eti. 009 14. 00. IlAVlrlroe TiuioUiy, aao.008.0. BiiTTKH -Choice Frenh Dairy, ia 30c. Kuoa 11 9 11 so. 1'ciKK .Standard Mess, a.254M.W. . I.AHl-eHiied,lSific. - -,.,. , : Won-Tub-washed. Choice, 61 530., ta-washed.Comiitnr, &34e. Corroa Middling, 15)40. NEW YORK. BaavKSNative, $9.503 13.79; Teican, none. Hoos-Dressed, $.7SSle.OO. Live, none. SHEBr-Unshorn, ee.7S8.00;C.Uppd, . 'rujoa-Cood to Choice, f S.859.l. Whbat-No. iChicaa-o, il.l4l.tf. Cokn Western Mined, 9lH fW. UT Western Mixed, T31SH. Kr a State, ) 1.10 it. 14. ... ; . , Poaa-Mes. itt.OOatt.M. tAHi-Prime Steam, 144 16c. CoiTOW Middling, lso. CHICAGO. , Bkevbs Fair tolhoke, et.008B.73; Texas, bo quotations. u Hs-titod to Choice, 7.40f8.. SHEEP iood to Choice, 5.5098.i!. FLoira-Choiee Winter, Extra, S.47.W. Choice Spring Extra, nj.00fii.45. . WHBAT-syrlngNo. , I.M1.MV; Bprlna No. 8, V, g ttSo. Cors No. , 78a7c. . Oat No. t, S$ me. KYB-NO. i, ei.OBH'f 1.07. BAHLir-No. i, ei.3Ssl.90. Poaa-NewMe, 1.78M.87. - Lajud Summer, I415o. CINCINNATI. rRoua Family, i.oo. 15. Wheat Red, new, 1.301.13. Coa New, 74876c.-Oats No., 67469c. BARr-N0. J, $1.J1.60. Pobk-Nw Mee. 21.87S f 33.00. 1.A ho Prime Swam , 15.'f ii&e. CorrOK Middling, loJto. KANSAS CITY. BeETES Texas Steere, 13.00 8 5.00. Texts Cow, t J.oo j.;a. tx;i iiiiiciiera, f .mst.3o, to.- Steeper. 5.0s5.54. Miiur uooa to tixwa, .uuiSa-'. MEMPHIS. FlirrnFumlly, e.i&;7.5a..- . Cork w hiu, as -t ho. ' Oat Miatii, Ti liar ."hot, $!.oi'!5.(. C'OXTOM -Middling , lo H i S- NEW ORLEANS. Frora Choie, t."'.I.tw. Cokn Mitrd, a9&Se. Oa!"$ 7rt7;. JUv-l'riBX', ,.SMW.. PVKK Msas, BHIS -S U'-,e. ' f OttA irairia Pnote, i'i 'i". Cwi tVS JLW Jil'iiif , h-f i-y -